SERIES  NUMBER  THREE  •  I  22  SUBJECTS] 
City  Buildings,  Monuments  and  Parks 


THE  city  bulldinjrs  are  commodious  and  well  built.  The  new  Hall  of  Records  iB  one  of  the 
handsomest  buildings  in  the  city,  and  the  City  Hall  is  the  finest  piece  of  colonial  archi- 
tecture in  the  country.  Vast  sums  have  been  spent  for  city  parks.  Central  Park  commences  at 
59th  Street  and  runs  north  to  110th  Street,  bounded  on  the  east  by  Fifth  Avenu<\  on  the  west 
by  Eighth  Avenue,  containing  839  acreB :  the  value  of  the  land  is  estimated  at  8200,000,000. 
There  are  twenty-five  parks  in  the  city,  the  Unrest  Pelham  Bay  Park,  with  1,800  acres  and  six 
miles  of  water  front.  This  is  one  of  the  parks  that  irirdle  the  city  from  the  Sound  to  the 
Hudson.  Many  fine  monuments  are  located  in  different  parts  of  the  city,  notably  Grant's, 
Sherman's,  Soldiers',  Lincoln's,  Seward's  and  Farratrut'«. 


New  York  Public  Library,  Fifth  Avenue,  40th  to  43d  Streets;  on  old  reservoir  site.    Cost  $5,000,000. 


1.  Soldiers  and  Sailors  Monument,  erected  in  l!)0i,  to  honor  Union  Soldiers;  white  marble  and  granite  piece,  100  feet  high. 

2,  Sherman  Statue,  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  and  59th  Street  entrance  to  Central  Park.    Heroic  bronze  memorial  of  Gen.  William 

Tecumseh  Sherman,  by  Augustus  St.  Gaudens.    Erected  by  citizens  of  New  York;  unveiled  May  30,  1903. 


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at  Eighth  Avenue  mid  IfiBUl  Street,  to  the  beginning  of  the  Speedway. 
The  Speedway,  on  l.wer  Link  ..f  Harlem  River,  north  from  *158«h  Slpeet     Driveway,  100  feet  wide,  two  and  one  half  miles 
long;  est  $.<J.imi.<Mi;  exvliiMvely  f..r  driving  horvs  in  light  harness. 


Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art.  Central  Park,  facing  Fifth  Avenue  at  82b  Street.    Buildings  adjoining  cover  933  by  344  square  feet. 
Founded  1809;  completed  structure  to  cover  18^  acres  and  cost  $30  dOO.OOO.    In  a  few  years 
it  will  lie  the  most  important  art  museum  in  the  world. 


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WE  have  prepared  five  series  of  VIEWS  OF  NEW  YORK  CITY,  comprised  as  follows : 
SERIES  No.  1  1 22  Subjects::  SERIES  No.  2  (16  Subjects): 

The  Harbor,  Skylines,  Bridges,  Theatres  Business  Blocks,  Sky  Scrapers  and 

and  Government  Buildings.  Retail  Stores. 

SERIES  No.  3  (22  Subjects):  SERIES  No.  4  (21  Subjects): 

City  Buildings,  Monuments  and  Parks.  Apartment  Houses,  Hotels  and  Residences. 

SERIES  No.  5  (21  Subjects): 
Churches  and  Colleges. 

This  entire  series,  embracing  a  total  of  102  illustrations,  in  workmanship  and  on  paper  equal 
to  this,  will  be  mailed  to  any  address  in  the  United  States  or  Canada  on  receipt  of  ten  cents  in 
postage  stamps. 

Any  ONE  of  above  series  will  be  mailed  to  THE  CENTAUR  COMPANY, 

any  address  on  receipt  of  a  two-cent  stamp.  MURRAY  STREET, 

-IHP08  NEW  YORK  CITY. 


ANNOUNCEMENT 

"^^HESE  SOUVENIRS  are  the  product  of  the  best  artists'  skill,  not  alone  in  pho= 
tography,  but  in  the  engraving,  and  are  presented  to  you  with  the  sole  idea 
that  you  may  ever  remember  the  genuine  Castoria;  Castoria  that  has,  for  over  thirty 
years,  been  a  great  factor  in  reducing  the  death  rate  of  children  under  five  years  of 
age;  genuine  Castoria  that  always  bears  the  signature  of  -— 


COMPLIMENTS  OF 
AUG.  FRANK, 
No.  408-10  Main  St.,  Union,  N.  J. 


